Title :
A networked transferable belief model approach for distributed data aggregation - Dynamic version
Author :
Fiorini, Flavio ; Gasparri, Andrea ; Di Rocco, Maurizio ; Panzieri, Stefano
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Autom., Univ. of Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
This paper investigates the data aggregation problem for a multi-agent system. In this framework, agents are assumed to be independent reliable sources which collect data and collaborate to reach a common knowledge. In particular, agents are assumed to dynamically gather data over time, i.e., a dynamic scenario. A protocol for distributed data aggregation which is proved to converge to the basic belief assignment (BBA) given by a centralized aggregation based on the Transferable Belief Model (TBM) is provided.
Keywords :
belief networks; case-based reasoning; data acquisition; distributed algorithms; multi-agent systems; basic belief assignment; centralized aggregation; data collection; distributed data aggregation; evidence theory; multiagent system; networked transferable belief model; Cognition; Convergence; Distributed databases; Heuristic algorithms; Multiagent systems; Network topology; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control (CDC), 2010 49th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7745-6
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2010.5717224